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This bizarre one-octave ‘microtone’ piano will change your perception of pitch and harmony forever

This one-octave ‘microtone’ piano will change your perception of pitch and harmony forever

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Explaining flat, sharp and natural notes in music

What’s the difference between a sharp and a flat note?

Violinist Esther Abrami and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

10 most beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

Yuja Wang is one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century.

Who is Yuja Wang, and what makes her so good at the piano?

Yuja Wang

A major fire broke out at the factory of one of the world’s oldest piano manufacturers on Tuesday night.

Fire breaks out at Bösendorfer piano factory, destroying an entire building

The 15 best pieces of music by composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt.

The 15 greatest pieces by Franz Liszt

Lewis Hamilton and Lang Lang duet

F1’s Lewis Hamilton impresses Lang Lang by playing Adele tune on piano

Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is also a talented pianist and accomplished composer of classical music.

Can Anthony Hopkins play piano? Inside the actor’s musical skills and compositions

Sir Anthony Hopkins surprised hotel staff with a dazzling piano performance in their lobby.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, 85, stuns hotel staff with spontaneous piano playing in empty lobby

Steibelt and Beethoven dual

The pianist who dared to challenge Beethoven to a musical duel in Vienna – and his fate…

Beethoven

Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins

The story of Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins, a 19th-century piano prodigy born into slavery

Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar Cello Concerto; Alison Balsom plays Haydn Trumpet Concerto; Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Williams Violin Concerto No.2

The 20 greatest concertos in classical music

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This is how Acqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ might have sounded if it had been written by Mozart.

Here’s how ‘Barbie Girl’ might have sounded, if it had been written by Mozart

Mozart

If Satie had written Blackadder? Solo pianist plays iconic TV theme in ‘Gymnopédie’ style

If Satie had written Blackadder? Solo pianist plays iconic TV theme in ‘Gymnopédie’ style

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Chopin

10-year-old pianist plays Chopin’s Fantaisie Impromptu with extraordinary command and poise

Chopin

Smart gloves could allow stroke patients to relearn the piano

Scientists’ ‘smart gloves’ could allow stroke patients to relearn to play the piano

Lang Lang

Lang Lang’s albums, age, wife and more facts about the star pianist

Lang Lang

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Sir Elton John speaks to Classic FM at the Royal Academy of Music

Sir Elton John: ‘I never would’ve written these songs without my classical training’